Unit 2 - The Human Body words Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
anter/o
front
axill/o
armpit
caud/o
tail, lower part of the body
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage, rib
corpor/o
body
cost/o
ribs
coccyg/o
coccyx or tailbone
crani/o
skull
dist/o
distant, far
dors/o
back
faci/o
face
ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic girdle)
infer/o
below, downward
inguin/o
groin, inguinal area
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back, loins
medi/o
middle
pariet/o
wall
pecto/o
chest
pelv/o
pelvis, pelvic cavity
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
near, close
sacr/o
sacrum
somat/o
body
spin/o
spine, backbone
super/o
above, toward the head
thorac/o
chest, thorax
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
ventr/o
front, belly side of the body
vertebr/o
vertebrae, backbone
viscer/o
viscera, organs of the body